Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 6.124.8

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मा भव ग्राह्यभावात्मा ग्राह्यकात्मा च मा भव ।
भावनामखिलां त्यक्त्वा यच्छिष्टं तन्मयो भव ॥ ८ ॥

mā bhava grāhyabhāvātmā grāhyakātmā ca mā bhava |
bhāvanāmakhilāṃ tyaktvā yacchiṣṭaṃ tanmayo bhava || 8 ||

Do not let yourself to be possessor or possest of any thing or person, but give up thinking on anything, beside what remains after the thoughts of all other things.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (6.124.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mas, Bhava, Grahi, Grahin, Grahya, Abhava, Aka, Asmad, Bhavana, Akhila, Yat, Yad, Shishta, Tanmaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.124.8). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “mā bhava grāhyabhāvātmā grāhyakātmā ca mā bhava ”
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
grāhya -
grāhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

grāhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

grāhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

grāhin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

grāhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

grāhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative single from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative single from √grah]
abhāvāt -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
grāhya -
grāhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

grāhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

grāhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

grāhin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

grāhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

grāhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative single from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative single from √grah]
akāt -
aka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “bhāvanāmakhilāṃ tyaktvā yacchiṣṭaṃ tanmayo bhava ”
bhāvanām -
bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
akhilām -
akhilā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tyaktvā -
√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tyaj]
yacch -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
śiṣṭam -
śiṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śiṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śiṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śās -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śās -> śiṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [accusative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb]

√śās (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
tanmayo* -
tanmaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]